Google Problem

rOoKerOoKe Join Date: 2003-08-10 Member: 19320Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">not the redirection problem tho...</div> hey,

lately my google hasnt been working at all. i know about the whole problem that people are getting about getting redirected or losing results, but my problem is different.

whenever i try to go to google, it just says page not found. i have the google toolbar, and even when i use that, it just says page not found. i thought it might be the browser, but like opera has the same problem, no google.

oh yea, its the same with other search engines!! like yahoo, msn, all of those dont work either. ARGH! now i cant search anything!

actually, i found ONE place where google does work, and thats if theres a google search in another site. for example, on imdb.com, they have a google bar that actually works. but that one isnt as good, it cant find images, etc.

is there ANY way to fix this so i have google back!?

heres what i tried already:

spybot programs, no help
looked up that notepad file that has the sites in a list, no help there
new browser as stated, no help.

please help!! <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->

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  • MadCowMadCow Join Date: 2003-02-10 Member: 13398Members
    edited October 2003
    I had this a couple days ago. Look up the <a href='http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.qhosts.html' target='_blank'>Trojan.Qhosts</a> trojan on symantec's website. Should solve everything. You actually are getting redirected, just the site you are getting redirected to has been shut down.

    Edit: Furthermore, the file you opened up in notepad was the original hosts file, the trojan puts a registry entry that makes windows look for the hosts file in C:\Windows\help\

    Edit Edit: It appears Microsoft has put out an update to fix this vulnerability, so run Windows Update tool.

    Hope this helps.

    -MadCow
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  • rOoKerOoKe Join Date: 2003-08-10 Member: 19320Members
    edited October 2003
    hm. well, i did the ghostfix thing, and it said it did find the trojan, but still no google. <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif'><!--endemo-->

    now, when i go to google, it goes to one of those domain sites, and says "There is no site at this address" or something, which is an improvement over the page simply not being found.

    now i know that it is infact a redirection problem. i looked everywhere for where the hosts are listed, but no luck.

    are there any more programs i could use to find where the hosts are listed?

    thanks,

    njroo ke
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  • MadCowMadCow Join Date: 2003-02-10 Member: 13398Members
    The program they provided didn't remove all the registry keys I believe. Follow the manual removal instructions, skipping registry keys that are not there. The main one you have to fix is the one that points the hosts file to c:\windows\help\. You need to change that back to c:\windows\system32\etc.

    -MadCow
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  • rOoKerOoKe Join Date: 2003-08-10 Member: 19320Members
    OMG MADCOW!! IT WORKED!! now i have my google back!!!!! YES! thank you thank you!

    you are now my lover.

    <!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif'><!--endemo-->

    thanks again,
    njroo ke
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  • RPG_JssmfulhudRPG_Jssmfulhud Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4006Members
    Somebody get a camera! <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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